Austin FC vs San Jose Earthquakes, 2021 MLS, Regular Season
· MLSSan Jose Earthquakes spoil Austin FC's home opener with scoreless draw
San Jose Earthquakes earned a point against Austin FC via a scoreless draw on Saturday, spoiling the first-ever home match for the expansion side.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Cristian Espinoza (San Jose Earthquakes).
- 1': Tomás Pochettino (Austin FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 1': Attempt missed. Alexander Ring (Austin FC) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
- 2': Foul by Cristian Espinoza (San Jose Earthquakes).
- 2': Zan Kolmanic (Austin FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Eric Remedi (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Foul by Tomás Pochettino (Austin FC).
- 5': Andrés Ríos (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 5': Foul by Matt Besler (Austin FC).
- 6': Cecilio Domínguez (Austin FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6': Foul by Eric Remedi (San Jose Earthquakes).
- 7': Florian Jungwirth (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Foul by Cecilio Domínguez (Austin FC).
- 8': Foul by Florian Jungwirth (San Jose Earthquakes).
- 8': Jon Gallagher (Austin FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 10': Attempt saved. Diego Fagundez (Austin FC) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Zan Kolmanic.
- 10': Corner, Austin FC. Conceded by James Marcinkowski.
- 10': Eric Remedi (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 10': Foul by Diego Fagundez (Austin FC).
- 11': Foul by Eric Remedi (San Jose Earthquakes).
- 11': Tomás Pochettino (Austin FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Attempt missed. Javier López (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
- 13': Cecilio Domínguez (Austin FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 13': Foul by Eric Remedi (San Jose Earthquakes).
- 14': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Alexander Ring.
- 15': Cecilio Domínguez (Austin FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 15': Foul by Florian Jungwirth (San Jose Earthquakes).
- 15': Florian Jungwirth (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 16': Florian Jungwirth (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Foul by Julio Cascante (Austin FC).
- 16': Foul by Alexander Ring (Austin FC).
- 16': Javier López (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 19': Attempt blocked. Cecilio Domínguez (Austin FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tomás Pochettino.
- 20': Corner, Austin FC. Conceded by Judson.
- 21': Attempt missed. Cecilio Domínguez (Austin FC) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nick Lima with a cross.
- 21': Corner, Austin FC. Conceded by Florian Jungwirth.
- 23': Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 23': Foul by Alexander Ring (Austin FC).
- 24': Attempt saved. Paul Marie (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Chris Wondolowski.
- 25': Cecilio Domínguez (Austin FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 25': Foul by Eric Remedi (San Jose Earthquakes).
- 25': Eric Remedi (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 26': Attempt blocked. Cecilio Domínguez (Austin FC) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is blocked.
- 26': Attempt saved. Nick Lima (Austin FC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Zan Kolmanic.
- 27': Corner, Austin FC. Conceded by Oswaldo Alanís.
- 32': Cristian Espinoza (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 32': Foul by Alexander Ring (Austin FC).
- 33': Attempt blocked. Javier López (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Judson.
- 35': Attempt blocked. Nick Lima (Austin FC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Zan Kolmanic.
- 36': Cristian Espinoza (San Jose Earthquakes) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Javier López.
- 38': Attempt missed. Jared Stroud (Austin FC) with an attempt from very close range is too high. Assisted by Jon Gallagher.
- 39': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Nick Lima.
- 41': Foul by Jackson Yueill (San Jose Earthquakes).
- 41': Jared Stroud (Austin FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 41': Attempt saved. Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Eric Remedi.
- 42': Foul by Judson (San Jose Earthquakes).
- 42': Jon Gallagher (Austin FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Corner, Austin FC. Conceded by Florian Jungwirth.
- 44': Attempt blocked. Alexander Ring (Austin FC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 44': Foul by Jared Stroud (Austin FC).
- 44': Javier López (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Jared Stroud (Austin FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45': Cecilio Domínguez (Austin FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Foul by Cristian Espinoza (San Jose Earthquakes).
- 45'+1': Corner, Austin FC. Conceded by Jackson Yueill.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Austin FC 0, San Jose Earthquakes 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Austin FC 0, San Jose Earthquakes 0.
- 46': Cristian Espinoza (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 46': Foul by Zan Kolmanic (Austin FC).
- 46': Foul by Cristian Espinoza (San Jose Earthquakes).
- 46': Zan Kolmanic (Austin FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 47': Hand ball by Jon Gallagher (Austin FC).
- 48': Florian Jungwirth (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 48': Foul by Jared Stroud (Austin FC).
- 50': Attempt blocked. Tomás Pochettino (Austin FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jon Gallagher.
- 50': Corner, Austin FC. Conceded by Jackson Yueill.
- 51': Attempt saved. Cecilio Domínguez (Austin FC) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tomás Pochettino.
- 51': Eric Remedi (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Foul by Tomás Pochettino (Austin FC).
- 55': Corner, Austin FC. Conceded by Oswaldo Alanís.
- 56': Attempt blocked. Cecilio Domínguez (Austin FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 56': Attempt missed. Jared Stroud (Austin FC) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
- 57': Offside, Austin FC. Tomás Pochettino tries a through ball, but Jared Stroud is caught offside.
- 59': Attempt missed. Jared Stroud (Austin FC) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Tomás Pochettino.
- 60': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Matt Besler.
- 62': Offside, San Jose Earthquakes. Eric Remedi tries a through ball, but Andrés Ríos is caught offside.
- 63': Attempt saved. Alexander Ring (Austin FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Diego Fagundez.
- 63': Corner, Austin FC. Conceded by James Marcinkowski.
- 66': Attempt saved. Jon Gallagher (Austin FC) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tomás Pochettino with a cross.
- 66': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Diego Fagundez.
- 67': Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Shea Salinas replaces Andrés Ríos.
- 67': Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Cade Cowell replaces Javier López.
- 67': Attempt saved. Oswaldo Alanís (San Jose Earthquakes) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cristian Espinoza with a cross.
- 69': Foul by Cade Cowell (San Jose Earthquakes).
- 69': Julio Cascante (Austin FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 70': Attempt saved. Cade Cowell (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Shea Salinas.
- 71': Attempt missed. Cecilio Domínguez (Austin FC) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
- 71': Substitution, Austin FC. Manny Perez replaces Jared Stroud.
- 72': Alexander Ring (Austin FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 72': Foul by Shea Salinas (San Jose Earthquakes).
- 74': Foul by Cecilio Domínguez (Austin FC).
- 74': James Marcinkowski (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 77': Alexander Ring (Austin FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 77': Foul by Eric Remedi (San Jose Earthquakes).
- 77': Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Carlos Fierro replaces Paul Marie.
- 78': Attempt blocked. Manny Perez (Austin FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nick Lima.
- 81': Attempt blocked. Tomás Pochettino (Austin FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Matt Besler.
- 82': Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Tommy Thompson replaces Chris Wondolowski.
- 83': Attempt saved. Carlos Fierro (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Cade Cowell.
- 83': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Brad Stuver.
- 85': Substitution, Austin FC. Kekuta Manneh replaces Jon Gallagher.
- 85': Foul by Kekuta Manneh (Austin FC).
- 85': Tommy Thompson (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 86': Attempt saved. Oswaldo Alanís (San Jose Earthquakes) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cristian Espinoza with a cross.
- 89': Eric Remedi (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Foul by Diego Fagundez (Austin FC).
- 89': Attempt saved. Cristian Espinoza (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jackson Yueill.
- 89': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Brad Stuver.
- 90': Attempt saved. Oswaldo Alanís (San Jose Earthquakes) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Cristian Espinoza with a cross.
- 90': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Brad Stuver.
- 90': Attempt missed. Oswaldo Alanís (San Jose Earthquakes) header from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Cristian Espinoza with a cross following a corner.
- 90'+1': Attempt saved. Jackson Yueill (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 90'+2': Attempt saved. Tomás Pochettino (Austin FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Alexander Ring.
- 90'+3': Substitution, Austin FC. Sebastian Berhalter replaces Diego Fagundez.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Austin FC 0, San Jose Earthquakes 0.
- 0': Match ends, Austin FC 0, San Jose Earthquakes 0.
Statistics
 SJ |
ATX |
|
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Fouls | 16 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 7 | Corner Kicks | 9 |
| 6 | Saves | 9 |
| 50.9 | Possession | 49.1 |
| 13 | SHOTS | 20 |
| 9 | ON GOAL | 6 |
| 0.7 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 345 | Accurate Passes | 331 |
| 409 | Passes | 384 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 5 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 17 | Crosses | 24 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 41 | Long Balls | 38 |
| 19 | Accurate Long Balls | 24 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 8 |
| 8 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 13 | Tackles | 17 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 7 | Interceptions | 6 |
| 16 | Effective Clearances | 11 |
| 16 | Clearances | 11 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: Q2 Stadium
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Venue: Q2 Stadium
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
MLS Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LAFC | 5 | +8 | 13 |
| 2 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 5 | +12 | 12 |
| 3 | San Jose Earthquakes | 5 | +6 | 12 |
| 4 | San Diego FC | 5 | +8 | 11 |
Line-Ups
Austin FC (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 41 | Brad Stuver (GK) |
| 5 | Matt Besler |
| 18 | Julio Cascante |
| 21 | Zan Kolmanic |
| 24 | Nick Lima |
| 8 | Alexander Ring |
| 7 | Tomás Pochettino |
| 14 | Diego Fagundez |
| 10 | Cecilio Domínguez |
| 17 | Jon Gallagher |
| 20 | Jared Stroud  |
San Jose Earthquakes (3-4-1-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | JT Marcinkowski (GK) |
| 23 | Florian Jungwirth |
| 4 | Oswaldo Alanís |
| 93 | Judson |
| 14 | Jackson Yueill |
| 5 | Eric Remedi |
| 9 | Javier López |
| 3 | Paul Marie |
| 10 | Cristian Espinoza |
| 8 | Chris Wondolowski |
| 25 | Andrés Ríos |
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